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Videos: SpaceX Falcon launch, Elon Musk cheered by employees

May 22, 2012

Videos show the launch, separation of the stages, SpaceX CEO Elon Musk being cheered by SpaceX employees and Musk celebrating in the company’s mission control.

New SpaceX era in space gets America talking, and Scotty gets beamed up at last

May 22, 2012

Taking the ride into space with the Falcon 9 rocket this morning were the ashes of “Star Trek” star James Doohan, who played Scotty in the iconic TV series

Birmingham’s Railroad Park one of 5 parks in running for Urban Land Institute’s Urban Open Space Award

May 22, 2012

Railroad Park is among five finalists selected to compete for the Urban Land Institute’s Urban Open Space Award.

SpaceX launches Falcon 9 rocket toward docking with space station

May 22, 2012

The rocket carries an unmanned Dragon capsule bound for an historic attempt to dock a private vehicle with the International Space Station.

Birmingham’s Railroad Park is finalist for national award

May 21, 2012

Railroad park is competing against parks in New York, Oregon and Calgary for the Urban Land Institute’s Urban Open Space Award.

SpaceX will try again early Tuesday to launch capsule to space station

May 21, 2012

The Falcon rocket, which is on a launch pad at Kennedy Space Center, was almost launched early Saturday morning when a computer shut down its engines at the moment of liftoff. SpaceX said the “flight computer detected a slightly high pressure in the engine 5 combustion chamber.”

Video: See a Lyrid meteor from space in new NASA video

May 21, 2012

Marshall Space Flight Center scientists requested the photos from space to learn how to observe them from above, not just below.

UAH eminent scholar Michael Griffin named president of aerospace organization

May 21, 2012

“This organization has dedicated itself to being the leading force in the aerospace profession,” Griffin said.

Updated: SpaceX Falcon rocket launch to space station aborts at last second

May 19, 2012

Both NASA and SpaceX were crossing their fingers that the company could become the first private spacecraft to dock with the International Space Station this week.

SpaceX launch try set for 3:55 a.m. CDT Saturday morning

May 18, 2012

SpaceX is trying to rendezvous its unmanned Dragon capsule with the station in a mission that plays out over several days next week.

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